The Golden Globes are usually one of the best awards shows because they serve liquor, wine and champagne, and after the first hour, everyone is hammered. Unfortunately for this year, it didn’t seem like that many people wanted to get wasted, but on the plus side, the Hollywood Foreign Press did agree with me on some of the big awards of the night. Here’s the list of some of the big winners of the evening:
Film:
Best Picture- Drama – Avatar
Best Director – James Cameron for Avatar
Best Picture – Comedy/Musical – The Hangover
Animated Film – Up
Actress – Comedy/Musical – Meryl Streep for Julie and Julia
Actor – Comedy/Musical – Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes
Actress – Drama – Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side
Actor – Drama – Jeff Bridges
Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique for Precious
Screenplay – Up In the Air
Television:
Best Drama – Mad Men
Best Comedy – Glee
Best Miniseries/TV Movie – Grey Gardens
Actor in a Drama – Michael C. Hall
Actor in a Comedy – Alec Baldwin
Actress in a Drama – Julianna Margulies
Supporting Actress – Chloe Sevigny for Big Love
Supporting Actor – John Lithgow for Dexter
Television Movie – Grey Gardens
Actress in a TV Movie – Drew Barrymore
Actor in a TV Movie – Kevin Bacon
Some of my highlights from the show included Jeff Bridges’ victory and spontaneous standing ovation from his peers, Mo’Nique’s emotional and touching acceptance speech, Michael C. Hall looking strong despite his cancer, and any time the camera panned to any of the following: Jon Hamm, Robert Downey Jr. Colin Farrell, Gerard Butler, Jeremy Renner or Meryl Streep, who at one point looked like she was meditating.
So, what do the Globes mean?!? I’m taking this away from the show – the Best Actress and Best Actor Oscars are now Bullock and Bridges’ to lose. I really think the two of them are the frontrunners, and at this point, I think Christoph Waltz is a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actor. He’s charming, by the way. He seems like a real sweetheart, and it’s good to see a relative unknown (like Waltz is in Hollywood) sweep the awards. As for Supporting Actress, I hesitate to say that Mo’Nique is the shoo-in. Yes, she’s picked up several of the big harbinger awards for the Oscars, but Mo’Nique isn’t really adhering to a strong Oscar campaign, and the Academy might look for an excuse not to give her an award. Sure, I definitely think Mo’Nique will get nominated, and she’s probably the front-runner. But will she end up with the award? I’ll have it figured out in another few weeks!
Globes press room & red carpet: James Cameron, Christoph Waltz, Meryl Streep, Robert Downey Jr., Sandra Bullock, Mo’Nique and Jeff Bridges. Credit: Jody Cortes / WENN
